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The Houston Colt 45’s.

I collected a lot of discarded pop bottles to get the money to buy baseball cards…
although far from mint condition, my 1964 collection is somewhat large.

Ahhhhh yes, memories of my youth when many Saturday mornings were spent enjoying:

The Underdog Show
Johnny Quest
G.I. Joe
Lucky Charms

Johnny Quest was the shizz.

My GI Joe affinity comes from the 6" figures of the early 80s-90s. I loved me some GI Joe cartoons as well.

I was down for some Lucky Charms cereal but when they started saying a Pink Balloon was a lucky charm I called BS.

(03-10-2014 11:08 PM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  Johnny Quest was the shizz.

I think we talked about this a while back: One of the best musical themes EVER, cartoon or otherwise.

Quote:I was down for some Lucky Charms cereal but when they started saying a Pink Balloon was a lucky charm I called BS.

I haven't seen (or eaten) them in an while. This was one of the few "treat" cereals I was allowed to have (our house was typically full of wheat chex, grape nuts, shredded wheat and the like. I LOVED spending the night at friends' houses so I could eat the forbidden Cap'n Crunch, Count Chocula, etc). It was a huge deal when they introduced the blue diamonds. Didn't really like LCs much but I remember trying to eat only the oat parts so that I could have a bowl of (slightly softened) marshmallows at the end.

(03-10-2014 09:15 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Ahhhhh yes, memories of my youth when many Saturday mornings were spent enjoying:

The Underdog Show
Johnny Quest
G.I. Joe
Lucky Charms

My BIL got my kids a Johnny Quest show collection a few years ago. Good stuff.

Mary Poppins. Hands down my favorite Disney movie.

(03-11-2014 07:45 AM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(03-10-2014 09:15 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  Ahhhhh yes, memories of my youth when many Saturday mornings were spent enjoying:

The Underdog Show
Johnny Quest
G.I. Joe
Lucky Charms

My BIL got my kids a Johnny Quest show collection a few years ago. Good stuff.

I had one of the original GI Joe's. But I didn't like it because I thought it was a doll (a girl's toy). I wish I still had it. It's worth a fortune now.

I do still have my Lone Ranger stick pony, although my great nephew is playing with it now. Squeeze the left ear and it plays the theme song for the Lone Ranger, with background horse sounds. It's ~70 years old, and still works like it did when new. It's my great nephew's favorite toy right now.

Being gouged by the wire workings of a Gumby toy was a right of passage.

My brother had the G.I. Joe, I had a Mike Hazard Double Agent.

I had a Bullet Man, the Human Bullet.

Instructions were very clear: Don't remove Bullet Man's helmet.

Naturally, I headed for the nearest flat head screwdriver and pried the helmet off.

Underneath? GI Joe.

Anyone remember the SSP toy cars with the plastic zip cord? I used to drive my Mom crazy in the kitchen with these suckers crashing into cupboards, appliances, walls, ankles and such.

Ah, yes, the zip cord cars! I definitely remember those.